Whether for novelty, tradition, or for shock factor, these are some of the strangest ingredients you will find in alcohol.

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Few cities do spooky like New Orleans. Mix Anne Rice’s vampires, aboveground burials and a tradition of jazz funerals and you get a city undaunted by death. Mix gin, vermouth and absinthe and you get ...

Yield: 1 drink. Ice 2 ounces dry gin 3/4 ounce dry vermouth Scant 1/4 ounce absinthe 1 lemon peel, for serving 1. Freeze a martini or Nick and Nora glass for at least 15 minutes and up to 1 hour. (You ...

In my recent journey to find and make the best cocktails in San Francisco, I’ve tried some unusual things — for me, at least. There was red wine floated in a whiskey sour in Lower Nob Hill and a tiki ...

The ban on absinthe in 1915 paved the way for the rise of pastis, a beloved French aperitif that remains a cultural icon today. Recognizable as the quintessential aperitif in France, its popularity ...

Absinthe was illegal for nearly a century, branded by the wine industry as a spirit of murder and madness. But it’s making a comeback, and a handful of Wyoming venues serve this once-forbidden liquor.

It was the last night of a jam band music festival in Wisconsin, 250 miles northwest of Chicago. I had accepted an invitation to be a guest on my friend Bud’s hippie bus before remembering that my ...

In the world of spirits, absinthe tends to sit in a bit of a mythical spot. It conjures images of tortured European artists like Vincent Van Gogh and Oscar Wilde, sipping hallucinogenic alcohol while ...

Adding absinthe to a cake batter also risks a potential textural change. This liquor's high alcohol content can alter the cake's structure, leading to a denser or overly moist crumb if not used ...

Cincinnati saloons rarely served absinthe in the French style, employing it more as an adjunct to alcoholic concoctions, like bitters. If you were to wander into one of Cincinnati’s tonier watering ...